On January 4, 77-year-old Ruby Johnson received a traumatic visitor. This peaceful retiree living in Montbello, near Denver (Colorado), reluctantly welcomed a SWAT troop, the US police intervention forces, into her home. She now files a complaint against the authorities, reports nbc news from a statement by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
At the origin of this accident, the zeal of a local investigator, who launched an intervention based on the location of a phone. The day before, the detective, Gary Staab, had received a call from a trucker who had reported the theft of a truck containing weapons, including an assault rifle, as well as two drones, $4,000 in cash and an “old iPhone 11 “. “. A device tracked through the “Find My” app by the driver, and which had entered Ruby Johnson’s property twice as a location.
The complaint filed on November 30 denounces the police officer’s lack of foresight, who did not take the time to compare this index with other preliminary observations.
According to images recovered from the authorities, the screenshot used by the truck driver specifically showed six properties, included in four different blocks.
Broken doll and psychological damage
The Denver police defend their intervention, under the heading of “six weapons possibly stolen and that could have been in the residence of Ms. Johnson”. But the latter will pursue detective Staab individually.
La victim a en effet subi des dommages matériels et psychologiques: la plainte détaille comment elle a été forcee d’ouvrir, en tenue de nuit, avant d’être poussée dans un camion de police en attendant la fin des recherches à l’intérieur de his house.
The old woman spent several months after this assault outside the home, living with her son. In the rush, a doll offered by her children was notoriously destroyed and a battering ram smashed down her garage door, after she asked the police to open it with her keys. The weapons were not found.
Source: BFM TV
